Tag Archives: Prison

BAD DOCTORS ‘retire to avoid hearings’ and the GMC has no responsibility

So he is not alone that former Director of Caswell Clinic who claimed that Maurice had ‘serious brain damage possibly brain cancer‘…  He is one of many who avoid accountability by retiring, as Steven Swinford, the Senior Political Correspondent writes in … Continue reading

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THEY’RE ALL IN IT together: Police, Prisons, Judiciary, Medics despite 35 days of hunger strike in HMP Cardiff

While Maurice is still on hunger strike, 35th day, he has at least been moved to the hospital wing. I am told by someone who has been there, that hospital wings in prison are ‘mental health units’, i.e. the precursor … Continue reading

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DEAR ALUN CAIRNS MP: 25 breaches of regulations in HMP Cardiff on HUNGER STRIKE since Monday

Here is Maurice’s latest missive from inside HMP Cardiff: BLACKMAILED TO USE THEIR LAWYERS Arrested 14th October 2013 and incarcerated on both fabricated charges and antecedent history. Breaches of prison regulations include: Denied access to bail officer to arrange release … Continue reading

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HMP Cardiff: Paid to be Cruel, Criminal and Torturous?

A big part of me can’t cope with the kind of prison conditions I’ve learned about from visiting Gloria and Chiwar Musa, Melissa Laird and Maurice in different prisons. I feel too help- and powerless, despite Maurice’s sister reminding me … Continue reading

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LEARNING by DOING: Law in Courts and Enforcement in Police and Prison Cells

First things first: in his 20 year running claim for damages against South Wales Police (SWP) – for ruining his professional life as a vet, his business life as a property owner, his love for being a pilot and his … Continue reading

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FROM inside HMP Cardiff: Welcome to Perfidious Albion or Filthy Britain…

Maurice is ‘inside’ once again – since 14 October: without charge or conviction, on the wing for ‘lifers’, treated like one of the worst criminals. Albeit ‘on remand’, he is not given any rights whatsoever and one wonders: WHO benefits? … Continue reading

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FROM Prisongate to Courtgate and Judgegate? An explanation for the ‘culture’ we’re experiencing

In his inimitable style, Norman Scarth writes: See the book PRISONGATE, by General Sir David Ramsbotham. Because he was doing the job too well, Sir David was sacked from his position as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, as was … Continue reading

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WHAT do HMP Holloway and HMP Cardiff have in common? Stopping LiPs from Conducting their Legal Proceedings!

You can’t make them up, the stories that people experience and endure. Maria spent 6 months in Holloway under completely false and fabricated charges. 14 months later, instead of having had apologies and compensation from the ‘authorities’ concerned, she is … Continue reading

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A Typical Day for a Litigant in Person in Custody whilst Unconvicted

“Prisons don’t have a lobby”, I was told by the priest who has been looking after prisoners in Berlin-Tegel (Germany) for many years. But he also told me that he has lost all faith in solicitors! That’s solicitors advising convicted … Continue reading

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Some call it “Justice” and the “Right to Fair Trial”: Draconian Prison Conditions to Stop Litigations

You can tell from Maurice’s recent phone calls how frustrated he is how impossible it is for him to defend himself as Litigant in Person how Prison, Police, Courts and Judges in South Wales all seem to act in unison … Continue reading

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